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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1916
Page
2
Theda Bara discusses how fame curtails her daily pleasures including window shopping. She recalls dressing discreetly to visit modistes with a veil and notes an encounter with a small woman and daughter while admiring evening gowns.
Lieut. Rudolph V. Surr, 21, son of Vincent Surr, writes his father that trench life is unbearably monotonous, likening the war to a factory with shifts and regular hours. He describes living 20 feet underground amid stench and dead bodies while in charge of a gunners detachment on the Western front for six months.
About a thousand members of pro finish societies will celebrate Empire Day in Laschi Park on the evening of May 24. Gov. Lister will speak.
George W. Perkins and others reject backing Hughes for the Republican nomination and affirm Roosevelt as the Progressive choice. The Chicago convention could nominate a conscience candidate if Roosevelt withdraws, with Jennings or Pinchot among likely options.
A whimsical tale of Harold Hangover a gilded clubman who sinks into nightlife misadventure. He loses work home and reputation, encounters a purple rabbit with orange poker chips, then ends up reformed yet faint at the sight of root beer. The tale ends with a moral about overfamiliar bartenders.
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